​Työvene wins contract for German Navy support vessel

29m TYPHOON CLASS SWATH-PERSONNEL TRANSFER  VESSEL_RenderD

Finnish boatbuilding company Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy has won a contract to design and build a Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) crew transfer vessel to support the German Navy in the Baltic Sea.

The29m Typhoon-class vessel will be based at Neustadt in Holstein and is intended to support frequent personnel movements between the naval harbour and larger warships at sea. 

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